A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

1999

2001

1982
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Japan

Canada

China

United States
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
Toronto

Beijing

New York

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Past tense

Present tense

Future tense

Pluperfect
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Play

Novel

Short story

Animated film
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Tuna

Eel

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its stomach

Its gills

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They die at the table

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

California

Toronto

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Japan

Canada

France

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?
His firm collapsed

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?
Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Tokyo

Toronto

Osaka
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Smoking

Drinking

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Kazumi

Watanabe

Suichi

Kobe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

Jumping in a well

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